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Updated grep packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.

The grep utility searches through textual input for lines which contain a matchto a specified pattern and then prints the matching lines. GNU grep utilitiesinclude grep, egrep, and fgrep.

This update fixes the following bug:

* Previously, the "--include" option did not process file names correctly. As aconsequence, "--include" sometimes functioned as if the "--exclude" option wasused. With this update, a patch has been applied to address the problem and"--include" now works correctly. (BZ#1077108)

Users of grep are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix thisbug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevantto your system have been applied.